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... were a filo pastry tart with a custard filling which had been scorched on top & they were delicious! Seeing as it was so warm we found a nice little restaurant to sit outside & have dinner. We caught a taxi back to the hotel & you'd think this would be a safe thing to do but apparently not! Our driver was going up to 100kms in the middle of town as well as the wrong side of the road, and stopping to ask for directions twice, before eventually making it back our hotel ...

... in Lisbon. The stupid Tourist Office at the Santa Apolonia train station was closed and posted directions to the main tourist office - on the other side of the city!!! Luckily, I was able to connect to WiFi in the train station and we found a place, but we didn't realize that Lisbon is so hot, hilly, and is a complete maze of cobblestone alleys and streets with almost no street signs!

We stopped a nice lady police officer who gave us some directions, but she was ...

... of tea or coffee at dusk, we decided to join the locals and congregate on the sticky cobbled doorstep of a Ginjinha in Largo de Sao Ginjinha to toast and consume their favourite drink, Ginjihna. Ginjinha is basically cherry brandy. Like marmit it’s something you will either love or hate. The drink was invented by local monks who fermented the sour ginja cherries in the brandy. Possums I think you would like this one. ...

Portugal is by and far a welfare state, but as we learned and experienced during our time there, the welfare state has been eroding due to the perpetual fallout of the 2008 economic collapse. Portugal has always relied heavily on the work of the church and the concept of a welfare society. However, as the welfare state strengthened over the past few decades, the welfare society slowly shrank ...

... was comforting. I have enjoyed the kitchen, equipped with more than everything necessary to enjoy the process and then serve our meals on beautiful dishes at a table that can be nicely set. We have curled up in the living room with its large windows looking out over the hill, Tony on the couch and I in a big cozy chair. I even managed to doze off a few minutes in that chair a couple of times...surprising for me. Candles can be ...